Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and WhatsApp have changed the manner in which users consume content and communicate with each other, but the social media firms need to be mindful of "certain dos and don'ts" and guard against any misuse of their platforms, IT Minister Ravi Shankar.

“Common Service Centers (CSC) are well placed to play umbilical cord role in the process of shaping new India where all services and incentives are available to the last man in the line at his doorstep,” Prasad said

After meeting with WhatsApp Vice President Chris Daniels, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said: "On the issue of traceability, I emphasised that when we talk of traceability, we don't talk of decrypting messages".

Speaking at the inaugural session of India Mobile Congress 2018, Prasad highlighted the exponential growth in mobile manufacturing in the country, backed by the rising base of smartphone users and internet penetration.

This will ensure that regulators such as the RBI, which has already mandated that payments data should be stored exclusively in the country, do not fall foul of the overarching law once it comes into force.